[UO Herald] Summary of the Game Balancing Changes

[Wojoe]

PVP balance:

I do like the idea's that are on test now but a lot more should be done to help pvp. I'll just list some things i know affect pvp.

Guilds: The existence of massive guilds has done more to stem pvp then any other thing in UO...the vast majority of player's are forced to join one...if not, you cant compete. THE END... If you want to increase pvp compition across the board somehow limit this.

Skill Scrolls: Should be available to everyone, Fighting over them is stale now anyways. If people can not get them they will not PVP.

Voice chat: Add it to the game...This is another thing that limits player's. Most all large guilds use voice chat programs and if it was a game feature more people would group to pvp. It is the biggest force multiplyer in the game and adding it would do wonders for the have nots.

Cheating: Sorry but skill training programs and medic scripts need to be addressed. For years this has been a issue and we that do not are at a disavantage.

Order/Chaos: This feature was great...it was simple and fun....The best part of O/C was people just fought to fight...i'll repeat that....People just fought to fight...there was no rewards for fighting as it should be.

Stat Loss: just sucks...that's 20 mins to do something else...like play lol. Factions has failed and failed and failed...the first 6 mths after it was put in it was fun...but now its how everyone gets items for PVP....there is hardly any PVP in factions now...people just trade points for items between guild members.

Items: It's way to hard for a new player to achive the items for PVP.


thanks...

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

PVP balance:

I do like the idea's that are on test now but a lot more should be done to help pvp. I'll just list some things i know affect pvp.

Guilds: The existence of massive guilds has done more to stem pvp then any other thing in UO...the vast majority of player's are forced to join one...if not, you cant compete. THE END... If you want to increase pvp compition across the board somehow limit this.

Skill Scrolls: Should be available to everyone, Fighting over them is stale now anyways. If people can not get them they will not PVP.

Voice chat: Add it to the game...This is another thing that limits player's. Most all large guilds use voice chat programs and if it was a game feature more people would group to pvp. It is the biggest force multiplyer in the game and adding it would do wonders for the have nots.

Cheating: Sorry but skill training programs and medic scripts need to be addressed. For years this has been a issue and we that do not are at a disavantage.

Order/Chaos: This feature was great...it was simple and fun....The best part of O/C was people just fought to fight...i'll repeat that....People just fought to fight...there was no rewards for fighting as it should be.

Stat Loss: just sucks...that's 20 mins to do something else...like play lol. Factions has failed and failed and failed...the first 6 mths after it was put in it was fun...but now its how everyone gets items for PVP....there is hardly any PVP in factions now...people just trade points for items between guild members.

Items: It's way to hard for a new player to achive the items for PVP.


thanks...

whoa whoa woha! wojoe ...

SMAALLLL step's ...
incremental steps ...

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smaaaalll bites ...

THAT bigga list o demands ...

might 'splode a devs head ...

can't waste a single one ...
now ...

prioritize what is there/here ... K?

 

[G.v.P]

I imagine when Fayled PvPs she just talks nonsense until everyone retreats ;D.

Guilds: The existence of massive guilds has done more to stem pvp then any other thing in UO...the vast majority of player's are forced to join one...if not, you cant compete. THE END... If you want to increase pvp compition across the board somehow limit this.

Not true, there are plenty examples of small alliances and small groups shaking things up. And the ideas to limit "ganks" are artificial and crazy. I've seen one guy kill five and a group of five can take on an army. However, for the sake of PvP in UO, maybe there isn't that needed bridge to get would be PvPers interested enough to create balance on their own terms, by making a counter force. Still, UO doesn't need artificial holds. There are enough inspired small groups getting the job done, groups who would rather face the challenge of a zerg than be part of one.

Skill Scrolls: Should be available to everyone, Fighting over them is stale now anyways. If people can not get them they will not PVP.

Huh? You're saying scrolls should be available in Trammel, then? Ugh.

Order/Chaos: This feature was great...it was simple and fun....The best part of O/C was people just fought to fight...i'll repeat that....People just fought to fight...there was no rewards for fighting as it should be.

You forgot the Order shields. And the Chaos shields. There were rewards ;P. But I agree, the two side battle worked well. Factions worked well for awhile, but eventually people lost interest--as you noted--because the base fights aren't dynamic enough and require too many man hours for less populated shards. But the only way to really save Factions on less populated shards--at this stage--is to add PvM, which a lot of PvPers will instantly reject.

Items: It's way to hard for a new player to achive the items for PVP.

Faction armor, guildmates, and imbuing. New Haven gear and accelerated quests. If you find the right group there isn't too much of a grind, just the matter of finding a guild, I guess. Not sure if that principle has ever changed.

 

[Ahuaeyjnkxs]

I find it extreemly funnily ironically + many other ly's that a vampire necro could use chivalry...

I mean common... when are the guns and 3D UO robots for ?

 

[Ahuaeyjnkxs]

lol @ G.V.P confusing Fayled for Wisty !!!

He's a human male 7x something.

and sometimes he makes a whole lotta sense...

 

[Squeax]

So.... archers are now totally useless... In PvP and PvM...

This is the single most hysterical line to come out of this entire test cycle.

 

[Ahuaeyjnkxs]

Who cares if anyone is histerical ?

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Nothing ROFL about that... I tought that meme was bad taste 5 years ago...

 

[Elric_Soban]

Cheating: Sorry but skill training programs and medic scripts need to be addressed. For years this has been a issue and we that do not are at a disavantage.

It has been addressed. But most people aren't embracing(and EA is not enforcing) the solution. It's called the Enhanced Client.

As for the TC changes, i think all in all, they're good and will help alot. I especially like the love the pure temps are finally getting.

 

[aarons6]

No, its called the Enhanced Crash Client that looks like it was coded by a 3rd grader!
I get more CTD's in an hour of using that crap vs a YEAR of the old client.
Pinco's mod is the ONLY reason to even try this excuse for a client.

some reason my computer crashes more with the classic client.

the only time i have ever had a real crash with the EC was when it was new..

if your computer is crashing with the EC then it is your hardware to blame.
Cheap RAM and Cheap PSUs have a great deal to do with crashes.

 

[northwoodschopper]

sampires can crash and burn for all i care, my legendary paladin with max'd karma will now get some time in the limelight.

 

[Elric_Soban]

No, its called the Enhanced Crash Client that looks like it was coded by a 3rd grader!
I get more CTD's in an hour of using that crap vs a YEAR of the old client.
Pinco's mod is the ONLY reason to even try this excuse for a client.

Not like the 2d client that looks like it was coded 15 YEARS ago. Oh, wait. It WAS coded almost 15 years ago.

Maybe it's time to update your drivers or something? I haven't crashed in a very long time, and I've even been getting back into PvP where most crashes tend to happen.

 

[Cloak&Dagger]

Thats the standby excuse.
Its been the excuse for years now.
Beta is called beta for a reason.
Several other games with much higher requirements run like a champ on my "cheap" stuff ace.
No, sorry, quite educated on computers, plus I built it so I know whats in it!

Excuse for years? Did I miss something, it has not even been "years", aside from that....Not everyone experiences your crashes, and thus makes it an isolated incident, so something you are running/doing or a piece of your hardware is to blame.

Also to take the "Other games" approach shows your "knowledge" of "computers" and "coding" for that matter. "Required" is not "suggested" and even then "suggested" is not "optimal".

 

[Squeax]

My machine runs WoW and other games fine, but somehow the "Enhanced" Client (that looks like Diablo 2) runs like garbage. Plus my house is a hysterical mess in the EC with stuff floating and bits of wall in the wrong places. It can go hang.